KJK is pleased to announce that Connie S. Carr, Michele M. Hoza and Frank Wardega have become Partners in the firm. “Connie, Michele, and Frank are proven corporate lawyers who have contributed greatly to the growth of KJK’s transactional and securities practices and...
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KJK Announces 12 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Kohrman Jackson & Krantz congratulates Founding Partner Robert Jackson, Managing Partner Jon Pinney, Partner in Charge-Columbus Samir Dahman and KJK Partners James Ehrman, Sarah Gabinet, Robert Gilmore, Ari Jaffe, Brett Krantz, Alan Rauss, Susan Scheutzow and Mary...
Employers Cannot Refuse to Hire Methadone Users
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently filed a lawsuit against Randstad, an employment staffing agency, for refusing to hire a qualified candidate due to her medicinal use of methadone. EEOC v. Randstad, US, LP, 1:15-CV-03354. The applicant,...
Final Regulations for REPAYE Released
Authored by: Justine Lara Konicki On October 27, 2015, the Department of Education released its regulations for the new Revised Pay As You Earn student loan repayment plan (“REPAYE”). More information and the regulations can be found on the U.S. Department of...
Fair Use: Get the GIFst
Authored by: Jennifer M. Hart On Monday, October 12, 2015, Twitter suspended @Deadspin and @SBNationGIF. Was it because Deadspin is among the sports blogosphere’s more irreverent? No, it appears that the National Football League (the “NFL”), the Ultimate Fighting...
Foundation Honors Marc Krantz Through Legal Aid
The Myers Foundation Announces Gift to Legal Aid and Establishes The Marc Krantz Fund to Benefit Legal Services for the Poor. The David and Inez Myers Foundation announces a $100,000 gift to Legal Aid over the next two years, including $50,000 to establish The Marc...
The NLRB’s New Joint Employer Standard
By Alex E. Jones In Browning-Ferris Industries of California (“Browning-Ferris”), the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) created a new standard for determining whether two companies are “joint employers” for purposes of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). ...
KJK Expands Columbus Office with new Partner in Charge, Samir Dahman, along with Associate and three Legal Analysts from Dahman Law
August 24, 2015 KJK is pleased to announce that Partner Samir Dahman, Associate Alex Ebert, and Legal Analysts Aaron Burnside, Madison Walker and Alexis Preskar of Dahman Law have joined KJK’s Columbus Office. At KJK, Samir Dahman will serve as Partner in Charge of...
Cleveland Play House Earns 2015 “TONY” Award as Best Regional Theatre
Ten years ago, when KJK Partner Alan Rauss was serving as Chairman of the Board of Cleveland Play House, which is the first professional regional theatre to be established in America, he led a strategic planning process designed to restore CPH to prominence in the...
The Push for More “Employees,” Fewer “Independent Contractors”
By Alex E. Jones “Most workers are Employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act” - that was the conclusion of a recent Department of Labor (DOL) Administrator’s Interpretation. Employers, however, have increasingly been using independent contractors in their...